US Vice President JD Vance said in an exclusive interview with Reuters that Iran must make a "meaningful" reduction in its nuclear enrichment capacity to satisfy US demands and end the countries' seven-month war, even as Washington was unsure how Tehran makes decisions in negotiations. read more
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It overtakes a notorious washing machine, which only sent 3.6GB. read more
Deepening ties between Iran and Russia are paying off for both powers, especially on the battlefield.
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@#1 ... "If you don't want a nuclear weapon, then why do you need 60% enriched fuel? And if you want to show commitment to not building a nuclear weapon, don't build highly enriched fuel. That's a very basic threshold issue," Vance said. ...
I could not agree more.
But then I would also ask a follow-up question to VP Vance ...
Why did Pres Trump tear up the prior agreement with Iran (The JCPOA agreement was finalized in Vienna on 14 July 2015, between Iran and the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) -- China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States -- plus Federal Republic of Germany)[a] together with the European Union. Iran, the EU, the US and Russia and China -- en.wikipedia.org )?
That prior agreement limited Iran to a less than 6% or so enrichment level, and a massive inspection ability by the IAEA.
OK, so now, how is Pres Trump's current deal that he seems to be trying to put into place with Iran better or worse than the JCPOA?
@#46 ... States suing to have Trump removed from the ballot. Judges essentially predetermining the outcome of a presidential election. ...
So, then, your current alias seems to be OK with the election win of fmr Pres G.W. Bush?
Bush v. Gore
en.wikipedia.org
... Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000), is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court on December 12, 2000, that settled a recount dispute in Florida's 2000 presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. On December 8, 2000, the Florida Supreme Court ordered a statewide recount of all undervotes, over 61,000 ballots that the vote tabulation machines had missed.
The Bush campaign immediately asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the decision and halt the recount. On December 9, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari and issued the stay. The case was argued before the Court on December 11. On December 12 the Court held, in a 5"4 per curiam decision, that no constitutional recount could be conducted in the remaining time, which was short because the Florida legislature wanted to take advantage of the federal "safe harbor" for its electors to be free from challenge.[1] ...
In my house, when there is a an appliance that wants to connect to the internet, I go into my DNS server ( kea - www.isc.org ) and assign that appliance an IP address from a block that my firewall routinely blocks. (the "reservations" block of the IP4 kea config.)
I did that for the Sony DVD player here when I discovered that it was phoning home with all the DVs that I watched on it, apparently in a track-by-track level of detail.
Now, when that Sony DVD player tries to ping whitehouse.gov to ascertain if it has Internet access, it fails. And it no longer tries to upload my viewing habits.
For some reason, ABCNews seems to have scrubbed their website of mentions of Andruril.
Could it possibly be because of ...
FCC Has 'Our Head on the Guillotine,' Disney Tells Federal Judge
reason.com
... and this ...
Firms Backed by Trump's Sons Have Scored Over $6B in Pentagon Contracts: Report
www.mediaite.com
... Companies backed by President Donald Trump's eldest sons have secured more than $6 billion in active or promised government contracts since receiving their investments, according to an ABC News analysis of federal contracting records.
The latest deal came Tuesday, when Trump announced a $6.6 billion investment involving defense technology company Anduril Industries, which has financial ties to Donald Trump Jr. through venture capital firm 1789 Capital, where the president's eldest son is one of six partners. The firm took a major stake in Anduril as part of a $2.5 billion investment in June 2025.
Since then, Anduril has been awarded 135 other government contracts worth roughly $1.8 billion, ABC News reported on Wednesday, citing active contracts published through SAM.gov. The company had also received federal contracts dating back to 2019.
Among the other companies highlighted was drone manufacturer Powerus, which lists the Trump brothers as "notable investors." It received its first Air Force purchase order one month after announcing their investment and was later awarded a contract worth up to $90 million. ...
When I click on the article link I see... 404, article not available.
Found this ...
Trump announces $6.6bn defense shipyard owned by top Republican donor's firm
www.theguardian.com
... Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the opening of a new $6.6bn shipbuilding factory in Baltimore, partly funded by the US government but owned by Anduril Industries, a politically connected defense company.
Trump's appearance at a currently unused shipyard in Sparrows Point is a boost to Anduril, whose founder, Palmer Luckey, is a major GOP campaign fundraiser. Luckey has hosted campaign fundraisers for at least 20 Republican politicians, including Trump, the Guardian reported in August. He has given $5.9m to Republican causes since 2017.
Last week, the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, named Luckey, an outspoken supporter of autonomous warfare, as an adviser to the Pentagon's recently launched "Project Meridian", which is tasked to study the future of warfare.
At the event in Maryland, Trump called Luckey "a friend of mine" and a "brilliant guy". Luckey was not at the event.
Anduril's shipyard project is funded partly by $2.9bn from the US navy, along with $3.7bn project in private funding. Officials said the new factory, to be called "Arsenal Two", will build torpedo tubes and other sections of Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarines.
Rapid ship construction is a priority for Trump, whose administration has promoted a future "golden fleet".
Trump said US taxpayers would "receive a 40% stake" in the shipyard. It is unclear what he meant, and whether the US government is taking an equity share in the company, as it has in some other firms.
Anduril said the operation would not be ready to produce ship parts until 2030. ...
@#15 ... At my latitude, and being at the western end of the time zone ...
That's an interesting aspect of this discussion.
I'm in Connecticut.
When I talk with relatives in the western part of New York, (let's say, Buffalo, NY), they have a different view of the sunrise and sunset times, even though they are in ET.
And, don't get me started about the year I spent in the great city of Louisville, KY when DST was made ~permanent~ back in the 70's). That's a whole 'nother story ...
:)